Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. From LearnThat.org. [George Eliot (1819-1880).]
I can just see Carter favoring the 'unselfish' group approach through. From Wordnik.com. [Oppenheimer's Take On The Carter Proposal] Reference
He’s almost too unselfish, which is a rarity in today’s basketball. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia Tech basketball officially nabs top 15 recruiting class] Reference
Oh, dear Lord, you're so "unselfish" that I might have a fainting spell. From Wordnik.com. [Top Conservative Romney Supporter: I'd Support Rudy In General Election] Reference
There is a kind of unselfish extravagance in this direction which leads to deplorable results. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
A complementary fallacy is that which denies the epithet "unselfish" to a man who enjoys helping others. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Mr. D'Antoni said Mr. Fields is a "glue guy," the kind of unselfish and well-rounded player who holds a team together. From Wordnik.com. [Fields Is an A-Plus Student] Reference
How f'ing unselfish is that?. From Wordnik.com. [A funeral for a baby] Reference
Afghanistan: Private John Brackpool and 'unselfish' soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news] Reference
They have always shown an "unselfish" example of true kindness. From Wordnik.com. [HOI-19 - Local News] Reference
When Jacob does "unselfish" things he is usually copying what Edward said or did. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
My sincere thanks for your letter; gladly would I follow your very kind and "unselfish" request. From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
It is also why the disciplined, "unselfish" role he has been given while on England duty may be his unmaking. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
The "unselfish" holding position he now plays internationally is very different to the one he occupies at Chelsea. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
That brief reference to the rookie Ross summed up the kind of unselfish attitude Versteeg will bring to the Leafs. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
She is sweet, unselfish and wholesome, and always will be. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Every year she grew more unselfish, and every year she worked harder. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
"It's very unselfish of you to propose that, honey," replied her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Be cheerful and fun-loving, be kind, unselfish, sympathetic and affectionate. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
The large spray of thistle on the rim indicates an unselfish life of endurance. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Nowhere is a large and unselfish charity more lavishly exercised than among the. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
She's very unselfish so she flew home, alone, and I went up into the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Mo Farah: 'I can definitely win a medal at the London Olympics'] Reference
The work he did was that of unselfish devotion to an overmastering sense of justice. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
I believe they are the sweetest, purest, most unselfish, best part of the human race. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
These noble philanthropists were filled with unselfish love toward suffering humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
In short, unselfish love for one's fellow beings, or compassion, is a human universal. From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Eat, Pray, Love ... Serve? The Religious Mandate for Compassion] Reference
I know, I know: Betty's inability to think for herself and be unselfish is society's fault. From Wordnik.com. ['Mad Men' season four: Why Betty is already bugging me] Reference
I never thought about myself, not because I'm unselfish, but because I'd written myself off. From Wordnik.com. [Digging Your Own Tunnel] Reference
They died brave and unselfish -- Bob after a long and very painful illness, in which he never. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
If my aim is unselfish devotion to humanity, how can I lose if my neighbor attains in the same running?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
We always professed unselfish purpose and we covet the opportunity to prove our professions are sincere. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Unselfishness appears to be the inevitable goal of the strivings for self-satisfaction of an unselfish self. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
"'Tis Andy that will make us all proud, if only he can go to college," concluded this unselfish oldest brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
Yet here was some good side to these life-lines, for their own choosing, had each been more unselfish and just. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
Can you imagine any danger from all these movements if men could have suddenly become unselfish, really unselfish?. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Mother, Aunt Melissa and the servants did the work -- still Ruth developed, happy, unselfish, kindly and sensitive. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
The same law applies, as he says, to "personality, beauty, artistic achievement, knowledge, unselfish affection" and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Finally, as men are by nature social creatures, how can a man fully realize his capacities without becoming a truly unselfish being?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
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